How do I turn on my speakers on my surface?
There is no sound on my surface laptop. I don't know what happened, but the little speaker button on the task bar has a black circle with an "x" through it. How do I fix it?
Surface | Surface Book | Sound and camera
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How to fix vscode .exe blocked
please help my windows security keeps blocking my .c executable 1 out of 20 tries and its annoying when im debuging this is the message it send on my terminal (ResourceUnavailable: Program 'testnewyearanimation.exe' failed to run: An error occurred…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Security and privacy
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Azure for Students – Incorrect University Name During Registration
Hello Microsoft Support, I am trying to register for the Azure for Students offer using my academic email from Egypt University of Informatics (EUI), Egypt. During the registration process, I accidentally selected/entered "Damietta University"…
Azure Cloud Services
An Azure platform as a service offer that is used to deploy web and cloud applications.
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User-assigned managed identities cannot be created: every request returns 400 "Bad request" with no detail
Since 12 Nov 2026, every attempt to create a user-assigned managed identity in our subscription fails with only this response: {"error":{"code":"BadRequest","message":"Bad request."}} What we tried (all…
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Entra | Microsoft Entra ID
A cloud-based identity and access management service for securing user authentication and resource access
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Azure Universal Print management getting 500 error codes
Is anyone experiencing issues with accessing UP admin from Azure? I am getting Error Code 500: Internal Server error, but I am not seeing as part of a MS advisory. So far all other blades I have tried in Azure are working.
Azure Cloud Services
An Azure platform as a service offer that is used to deploy web and cloud applications.
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Issues with copilot app
I'm having issue with my copilot app (icon) in the tool bar. when I ask a question using that Icon. A message follows saying copilot cannot be reached, it presents in a red box... help please
Microsoft Copilot | Other
After upgrading Visual Studio to 18.12.0, I cannot run my .net maui project because it says Xcode 26.0 is required.
The error message is: This version of .NET for iOS (26.0.11017) requires Xcode 26.0. The current version of Xcode is 27.2. Either install Xcode 26.0, or use a different version of .NET for iOS. See https://aka.ms/xcode-requirement for more…
Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Other
A family of Microsoft suites of integrated development tools for building applications for Windows, the web, mobile devices and many other platforms. Miscellaneous topics that do not fit into specific categories.
How to change the Microsoft account my Microsoft 365 Family subscription is under
I have two Microsoft Accounts. One is under @gmail.com and the other under marie,@outlook.com. My computer only has the account marie.******@outlook.com as a sign-in option. I updated my 365 subscription under the gmail account. Can I transfer the 365…
Microsoft 365 and Office | Install, redeem, activate | For home | Windows
Processes in Microsoft 365 for setting up Office apps, redeeming product keys, and activating licenses.
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.NET 10 documentation for SerializeToUtf8Bytes
Could you point me to an official reference that establishes what applies to .NET 10 for the System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.SerializeToUtf8Bytes<TValue>(TValue, JsonSerializerOptions) overload? The specific statement I’d like to verify is that…
Developer technologies | .NET | .NET Runtime
.NET: Microsoft Technologies based on the .NET software framework. Runtime: An environment required to run apps that aren't compiled to machine language.
Azure for Students – "Your email domain is not currently registered with us", university does not issue student email addresses – how do I request manual verification?
Hello, I am a full-time master's student at Hebei University of Engineering (Handan, China), enrolled in August 2025 and expected to graduate in July 2028. I am trying to activate the Azure for Students offer. My GitHub Student Developer Pack was…
Azure | Azure Training
Training: Instruction to develop new skills.
I need to personally speak to arepresentative
What do I do to speak to a representative in regards to my issue? and everything i try do do on line has not helped me with this issue
Microsoft 365 and Office | Subscription, account, billing | For home | Windows
Microsoft 365 features that help users manage their subscriptions, account settings, and billing information.
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Windows update failed. Cannot boot up the computer.
My wife's surface pro 3 did a windows 11 update last night, and now it will not not boot up. Error code changes, but currently 0XC0000001. I created a recovery usb, booted from the usb and chose to repair windows, but it just goes into a loop. We…
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Windows update
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Unable to Run C Programs in VS Code Due to Windows Application Control Policy
Title: Application Control is blocking MinGW GCC-generated executable files in VS Code on Windows 11 Hello Microsoft Support Team, I am a student learning C programming using Visual Studio Code on my personal Windows laptop. I am facing an issue while…
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Defender | Other
Additional Microsoft Defender tools and services that provide security across various platforms and environments
Outlook is displaying wrong name in email
Outlook is displaying wrong name in email. Profile is set up with correct name but when I go to send email my email account is showing a different name than Karl. Tried to look up the information with no success. Also has an LinkedIn account associated…
Outlook | Web | Outlook.com | Contacts
Organizing and accessing contact information in Outlook.com
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Retrieving Contacts from old Outlook account
I have an old Outlook account that no longer exists. All my contacts were in the old Outlook account and did not sync with my new 365 Outlook account, and those contacts did not sync with my iPhone. How do I retrieve the contacts.
Outlook | Web | Outlook.com | Contacts
Organizing and accessing contact information in Outlook.com
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I have a new computer and need to activate my purchased Microsoft Office Home.
I can get to Microsoft Office Set Up page where I can enter my product key, but I get stuck in a loop with entering the product key. I need to speak to a person, but can't get anyone by phone or a live person via chat. Do I need to delete my…
Microsoft 365 and Office | Install, redeem, activate | For home | Windows
Processes in Microsoft 365 for setting up Office apps, redeeming product keys, and activating licenses.
On MS Office Premium, how do I add the visualization skill to my skills?
I do not see it in my skills under Copilot. I have opted into the Beta version. Do I need to upgrade to Pro?
Microsoft Copilot | Other
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My bluetooth button is missing and I cannot turn it on or off
The bluetooth icon is no longer in my taskbar and the settings page doesn't have an on/off button. I cannot pair any devices. My driver says it's up to date and I have installed all recent updates so my computer has restarted. Airplane mode is off.
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Settings
I AM SICK OF MICROSOFT QUEStiONING WHO I AM ALL the time> How Can I Get rid of all of the verifications!?
I am continaully hampered in production by Microsoft questioning my existence. Help me stop it. Now I can't share or save in power point or word? SO frustrating.
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Authenticator
A Microsoft app for iOS and Android devices that enables authentication with two-factor verification, phone sign-in, and code generation
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How to archive all release data for 7 years including which artifacts or commits
We have a situation where we used to keep all releases indefinitely in ADO by a hacky little bit flip in the database when we were on prem. Now that we have moved to ADO Services we can no longer do this. How can we archive our release data for at…
Azure DevOps
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